Gothtopia True Blood : Finally, Some Freakin' Siouxsie

Jef will be talking to us this Sunday night on Talk Blood !

Look, we know that True Blood is a goth show only in the sense that it is the kind of thing that is of interest to goths, and not in the sense that is has any sort of inspiration from goth sources. Goths don't own vampires, we just sort of rent them from the teenagers and soccer moms lately.
Having said that, after four seasons of covering the music used in True Blood it's nice to finally get some real goth in the form of "Spellbound" by Siouxsie & the Banshees.
"Spellbound" comes from 1981's Juju, which was, for our money, where the Banshees really hit their stride. The Scream and Join Hands more or less coasted on Siouxsie and Steve Severin's initial brilliance, and the personnel changes that led up to Kaleidoscope give the album just a hint of desperation.

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The Sookie Stackhouse Companion - Order today!!

** this ships on Aug 30 so pre-order today !

The #1 New York Times bestselling author presents the definitive guide to the world of Sookie Stackhouse.

Charlaine Harris has topped the bestseller charts and has become a nationwide phenomenon, thanks to the unconventional-and otherworldly- life of Sookie Stackhouse. Now, in her own words, Sookie gives readers a look at her family, friends, enemies, adventures, and-of course-the lovers who set her world on fire...

Readers will:

* Tour Bon Temps, the small Louisiana town that Sookie calls home, and visit the houses of her Gran and her sometime vampire lover, Bill
* Prowl around the werewolf and were-panther communities
* Browse through her best friend Tara's dress shop
* Belly up to the bar in Merlotte's, where Sookie works
* Get must-have Bon Temps recipes-including Caroline Bellfleur's famous chocolate cheesecake
* Test themselves with trivia questions from the series


Can’t get enough of Sookie Stackhouse, then grab a copy of this comprehensive guide filled with a complete rundown on her many adventures and so much more. The book opens with "Small-Town Wedding," a new novella about the upcoming marriage between Sam’s brother Craig and Deidra. Craig is the son of a shifter and although he is not a shifter, many local residents are incensed at the idea of him marrying a human. Sam and Sookie find themselves hard at work trying to defuse the volatile situation while attempting to figure out how a simple ceremony got so far out of control.
That’s just to start things off, next is a book-by-book synopsis of events including newly revealed secret conversations between Bill and Eric. Sookie’s short stories are given the same treatment followed by an entire chapter of trivia questions. There is even a chapter of recipes and although several make use of canned soups or are fried making them off limits to the diet conscious, there are some surprises and delicious sounding splurges. “Michele’s Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing” is excellent and “Aunt Patty’s Sour Cream Cake with Praline Frosting” is worth every calorie. Additionally, there is a question and answer chapter between True Blood creator Alan Ball and fans and a whole lot more.

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‘True Blood,’ Season 4, Episode 8, ‘Spellbound’: TV Recap

Summoned by Antonia’s kill-every-vampire-within-a-nearby-radius spell, Jessica is about to walk into the sun and meet the truth death. Luckily, Jason is nearby, having been alerted to the situation via the blood he exchanged with her earlier. He dashes through the doors and heroically (and somewhat hilariously due to the slow-motion) pins her to the ground. At first, Jess savagely flips him onto his back, ready to sink her fangs into his neck, but she realizes at the last second that he’s saved her life and is also pretty cute. She kisses him instead. Nice, True Blood writers! There’s nothing like a near-catastrophe to make two people who should have nothing to do with each other fall in love (See Ron and Hermione, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.”)

Bill, ever the practical king, asks Jason to overlook the fact that Jessica killed a human guard in her attempt to meet the sun. Jason agrees, in exchange for Bill’s silence about the guard Jason himself injured on his way in. In a sweet and funny bit, Jason tenderly tells Jessica to think about good things as he re-chains her with silver, like hot summer days and barbequing. We love when Jason tries to be a nice guy, no matter how misguided.

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Talk Blood S4 Ep Episode 8 "Spellbound" the Podcast up!

Wow -what a great show ... Thanks to ESQLee our sponsor and my co-hosts the Amazing Andy & Brian from Camp Blood and Meredith Woerner of io9.com.

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True Blood Season 4 Ep 08 " Spellbound" subtitles ! What did they say last night ???

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True Blood Season 4 Crossword Puzzle - Episode 7 "Cold Grey Light of Dawn"

True Blood Crossword Cold Grey Light of Dawn

VIDEO: Preview for True Blood Episode 4.09 "Run"

Ep. 45 - Preview

VIDEO: Inside the Episode – “Spellbound” ( video)

Ep. 44 - Inside the Episode

Talk Blood Radio : True Blood Season 4 Ep 8 LIVE TONIGHT 9:30 pm !

Live TONIGHT: Come and 'Talk Blood' right  after  True Blood episodes airs.  We will be discussing True Blood  Season 4  premier, Episode 8 "Spellbound"

My co-hosts tonight will be Brian Juergens & Andy Swist from Camp Blood and Meredith Woerner, editor of io9 .com I'll take your calls and we'll also meet tonight's episode sponsor the wonderful ESQLee who want's to dedicates tonight's episode to Charlaine Harris and the Sookie Stackhouse series.




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True Blood, The Obama Administration, and The Boning of Sookie

I get folks that think I agree with everything I post - I don't , sometimes I include critiques and you can take them for what they are worth. Feel free to comment.


Our critic on how Alan Ball's Southern vampire gothic has shape-shifted through four seasons into the kinkiest political metaphor of all time 

Let me guess: Like the restless hipster you are, you bailed on HBO's True Blood last year if not earlier, am I right? You've got company. But maybe you don't have a better half who craved The Boning of Sookie (Anna Paquin) by blond-beast Vampire Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) the way Cubs fans crave a World Series.
Once that was on the menu—and this season built to The Boning in the understated fashion of, say, J.K. Rowling announcing a new Harry Potter book—I surrendered the remote as fast as Obama making a concession. I know which side my fingers are buttered on, put it that way.

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Sookie’s dream on True Blood ( a three way !)

I guess this is when we get the " imagine them both in her life" scenes we've been hearing about.

The Aug. 21 episode of “True Blood” is must-see for followers of the phantasmagorical, socially relevant and often hilarious series. Not only is the witch-versus-vampire war at full pitch, with various “shifters” running loose in the night, but Sookie has a dream sequence that will be much buzzed about: a fanciful feminist take on the vampire/human/vampire three-way. Something not everyone has considered before…
In a season mulling the ideas of altered identity, stolen identity and faked identity, (when does one’s most humane part excuse one’s basest behavior? when do we all engage in shape-shifting and masquerading?), the intimate relations of the three central characters remain compelling. A wild, invigorating ride.

 http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2011/08/13/sookies-dream-on-true-blood/5956/

What you need to know about tonight's True Blood Episode 4.08: “Spellbound

Episode #44 (#4.08): “Spellbound”: As Bill and Marnie brace for a dangerous midnight face-off, Sookie and Eric pledge their allegiance to the King. Jason is torn between friendship and passion, and Jessica is spurned from two homes. Lafayette becomes the pawn of a tormented spirit; Tommy takes a walk in someone else’s shoes; Sam contends with yet another adversary in Marcus, Luna’s ex and the leader of Alcide’s new pack.


 

Ep. 44 - Preview

Everything else I have on episode 8 you can find  here

Jace Everett’s new song ‘No Place to Hide Down Here’ featured tonight in Episode 8

I really like this guy - early on doing the Talk Blood Radio show he called in one Sunday night just to talk and it was great!


He posted this to his Facebook page :

For all you True Blood fans, check out tomorrow nights episode. "No Place to Hide Down Here", a recent song of mine, has wiggled it's way into the show!

http://jaceeverett.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jace-Everett-Fan-Page/121819576698

NO PLACE TO HIDE (DOWN HERE) by Jace Everett (for real)

Why aren't these actors famous? Chris " Andy Bellefleur " Bauer

Of course,  #1 on the list was Chris " Andy " Bauer

Slide show: These 10 underrated film and TV stars deserve to be household names Chris Bauer"True Blood," "The Wire"

Watch Chris Bauer on HBO's "True Blood," and you'd assume he was born to play Deputy Andy Bellefleur, the gruff, depressive, alcoholic detective investigating the show's supernatural mayhem. But then you'd think the same thing if you watched him as Frank Sobotka, the doomed union boss in Season 2 of "The Wire" -- a sort of burly, 21st century Willy Loman of organized labor. Bauer played New York Yankees manager Bob Cerv in the HBO film "61"; Fred Yokas, husband of Officer Faith Yokas, on NBC's "Third Watch"; Huey Farrell on "The Black Donnellys"; and fetish photographer Irwin Klaw in "The Notorious Bettie Page." You've also probably seen Bauer play a lot of cops, inmates and military guys. He has that look about him: broad-shouldered, bullet-headed, no-nonsense. If "The Incredibles" were a live-action series, he could play the dad.
The Los Angeles native's secret weapons are his complete emotional transparency and his volcanic core of feeling; he can seem like the sweetest, tenderest man you've ever seen or the most terrifying. I've been impressed by Bauer ever since I saw him on "The Wire," but I don't think I realized what a great actor he was until I saw him in a tiny part in the Showtime movie "Our Fathers," about the investigation into pedophilia allegations in the Boston archdiocese. Bauer played an adult survivor of abuse who was determined to make the archbishop accept some responsibility for what happened to him as a child. Bauer's scenes were so unfussy, direct and powerful that they seemed to transcend movie acting. For a few minutes, I felt as though I was hearing a real person speak directly to me, and he was breaking my heart.

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True Blood Music Episode Episode 4.07 - Cold Grey Light of Dawn

“Where You Are” by Steven Casper and Cowboy Angst (Pam attacks Tara outside Merlotte’s)

“Yellow Elevator #2″ by The Black Angels (Debbie and Alcide walking in the woods)

“Town Called Heartbreak” by Patti Scialfa (Tara urges Naomi to leave Bon Temps)

“Always a Friend” by Alejandro Escovedo (feat. Bruce Springsteen) (Jason fantasizes about Jessica, then Hoyt comes over to hang out)

“Come See Me” by Steve McComb (Sam goes to see Luna at school & realizes what Tommy has done)

“Dyin’ Ain’t the End of the World” by The Shake (Sam and Luna talk at Merlotte’s)

“Send Mary a Letter” by Scott Hall (Alcide and Debbie in bed together)

“Cold, Grey Light of Dawn” by Nick Lowe (closing credits)

True Blood Recipe of the week: Maxine Fortenberry's Tuna Cheese Caserrole

In honor of her burning vampire neighbor, Beulah -I'm sure Maxine will make her fangtastic Tuna Noodle Casserole.
Remember this is what she brings to Sookie's after Gran's funeral in Season 1.


Prep: 15 minutes /Cook: 25 minutes

Serves: 4
Ingredients:

1 can (10 3/4 oz.) Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
1/2 cup milk
2 tbsp. chopped pimentos (optional)
1 cup frozen peas
2 cans (about 6 oz. each) tuna, drained and flaked
2 cups hot cooked medium egg noodles
2 tbsp. dry bread crumbs
1 tbsp. butter or margarine

Directions:

Mix soup, milk, pimiento, peas, tuna and noodles in 1 1/2-qt. casserole. Bake at 400°F. for 20 min. or until hot. Stir. Mix bread crumbs with butter and sprinkle on top. Bake 5 min. Or use crushed potato chips

'Vampire Diaries' Season 3 Teaser: We Break Down The Awesomeness

Shhh..... don't tell True Blood I posted this ;-)
I know lots of you guys are also fans of VD -Sept 15th!



http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2011/08/12/vampire-diaries-season-3-promo/